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Perry Bible Fellowship webcomic breaking records as book

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The new Perry Bible Fellowship hardcover book is generating a lot of buzz after crashing into Amazon’s best-seller list before it was even released.

10 Zen Monkeys is running an interview with Fellowship-creator, Nicholas Gurewitch, about the transition from webcomic to print:

“I think people respond to a packaged volume of comics much more than they connect with a computer screen,” Gurewitch speculates about the response. “Seeing it on someone’s coffee table, or seeing it in someone’s hands, or on a high shelf, can affect us in ways far more grand than seeing it bookmarked on someone’s computer.”


The Perry Bible Fellowship (previously on Drawn) originated in the Syracuse University newspaper The Daily Orange and has been running as a successful webcomic since 2001.

This seems to put to rest the controversy about whether a book can be successful if it’s available for free on the web.

via BoingBoing

  • http://madart84.blogspot.com/ madart84

    ive got this book twice :)
    Gurewitch is a great influence for comicstrip artists

  • http://madart84.blogspot.com madart84

    ive got this book twice :)
    Gurewitch is a great influence for comicstrip artists

  • http://www.leasticoulddo.com/ lartist

    Perry Bible Fellowship has always transcended any kind of pigeonhole for itself. It’s not a ‘webcomic’. It’s just a damn fine comic!! Congrats to him for this successful project :D

  • http://www.leasticoulddo.com lartist

    Perry Bible Fellowship has always transcended any kind of pigeonhole for itself. It’s not a ‘webcomic’. It’s just a damn fine comic!! Congrats to him for this successful project :D

  • Elizabeth

    Hi, i’m Elizabeth an italian web design student,
    I love Perry Bible Fellowship and I discovered your blog thanks too this. I found your article very interesting for all comics lovers, so I translated it into italian, with a link to your site.

    You can find the translation and the links on my blog:

    http://lesberlevolanti.blogspot.com/

    Bye!
    Elizabeth

  • Elizabeth

    Hi, i’m Elizabeth an italian web design student,
    I love Perry Bible Fellowship and I discovered your blog thanks too this. I found your article very interesting for all comics lovers, so I translated it into italian, with a link to your site.

    You can find the translation and the links on my blog:

    http://lesberlevolanti.blogspot.com/

    Bye!
    Elizabeth

  • http://www.thealamobasement.com/ thealamobasement.com

    The Perry Bible Fellowship is such a great comic. My college newspaper use to print it, and instantly it became one of my favorites. Great to see it receiving some buzz.

  • http://www.thealamobasement.com thealamobasement.com

    The Perry Bible Fellowship is such a great comic. My college newspaper use to print it, and instantly it became one of my favorites. Great to see it receiving some buzz.